The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-13 00:00:00

MARKET - 4 - - - 1; AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The position of the Money Market continues to prese nt a more favourable appearance than it did t "°or thr ee d ays ago. 4.sto alteration in the official in la loiani has been announcN3 this morning by the Bank of England directors, and the inference is theyefore drawn that the weekly return of that eta bliblicnent will be of a satisfactory character. ir 'nder these circumstances the tendency of affairs 15°I nts to a f avoura bl e di rec ti on . At the same time the a f loating balances of discounters show a slight au g m entation, while the inquiry for accommodation ex hibits a d i minution. Brokers are t h ere f ore no t so ll el acting in their terms, and in a few instances : I▪ nc e a desire to grant their regular customers greater facilities. Thus first•class bills have been "Rotiable this morning at 9 per cent. P roposals have been made by the directors of the Atlan tic and Great Western Railway Company fur th e em i ssion of 4,000,000 dole., represent i ng a e eeond issue of mortgage bonds. The price of issue bei ng 66, the coupons represent £l4 per annum nn "oh secu r ity o f 1,000 dole., or 9/ per cent. in terest, y which is payable half-yearly in New I °l. ' and London. The bonds are redeemable at ar at 43. 6d. per dollar, and are transferable " I▪ th °ut stamp or endorsement. The object f,, Which the capital is required is to sup ply 200 miles of the main line with roll oißstook. The development of the Western States America without any increase in the means of tra nsit to th e E as t ern P or t e has given the Atlantic an d Great Western It'xilway, as rapidly as the s lae rent sections have been opened, an unexampled a°s e B▪ 8 . The resources of the road, it is stated, 1 be far more than equal to meet the chagne for Interest, even should the rate of exchange rule muc h higher than at present. The fail ure o f M r Ed w ard Coombe, in the Spanish t 46 ) has transpired to-day. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Reuters telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were quo ted 65f. 10c. An advance in the rate of dis v°llet was expected. The English Stock Market has been very favour kb_, infiuenced to-day, and a rise of 1 per cent. 10 er the i mprove d quotat i ons o f l a st evening has sb beenul' the result of the business transacted . The bette r condition of monetary a f f airs, and less ex thement shown by the public generally respecting 10 he mercantile failures that have lately occurred, tc Conduced to impart a firmer tone to quota- `; tio C e n s• Consol s for money are 881 Z, and for the is "net 881 t. The New Threes and Reduced 11( Ann uities are 861 ; March Exchequer Bills, lls. to b Io• die. ; J une di t t o 24 5 . to 18s. diP.; Indian el( ` °2 ntures, 97; Bank Stock is 2 3 5 237 ; and India ditto, 212. In the Foreign Market there has been less busi- 1 ( -eas i but a firm er tone has been apparent. Turkish ti 6 Per Cent s ., 1862 , are 69 70 ; d o . C on solides, 481 1 1 , 49; Mexican,26 ; do. New, 241 1; Greek, 22 Z; V an ish Passive, 301 1; do. Certificates, 131 4 ; jt G¢R uguese, 461 ; and the Confederate Loan, e t; Ut rt 66. Business t, u siness in the Railway Market has continued B et , Zooderately active ; the adjustment of the account, d e 'iv, however has occupied the principal attention of the 1 , Len and speculators. Lancashire and Yorkshire, sou th Western, and South Eastern have eachim. Proved 15s. ; Great Northern A Stock, North e t eatern and North Eastern (Berwick), each £1 ; et: 4 ad Great Northern, £1 lOs. T he Foreign and Colonial lines continue dull, 'v ' gi thaut any material change in prices. t b ank and Miscellaneous shares remain at steady e 1 i kte k London and South African have declined ,° 2 4, and Hudson Bay Company have improved 81 1 ° 18 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 'OVERNME NT FUNDS. Per Cent. C onso l s h 3 '"° Account, Nov. 12 eel' Cent. Reduced B6l it Ow q 1, / . Per Cent. e-,,w 0 2 i per Ce n t. J an . 1894 ..., A 8 per C ent ., J an. 18 73 "Th uities, 30 yrs, expire Rh Jan., 1880 — no for 30 y rs , exp i re st h A pr il, 1885 — 1)0 (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 IZ,rch. Juno. 14x 1, c"eqouer Bills, £l,OOO, 4& 3} per Cent. 1 1 7 £500 $a D 0 li £lOO and £2OO .. lB 24 B 0 Ac E ngland Stir, st per Ct. Account Inil l' • 11) "..N . GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Dol rt S, I c O c C k , 10i per Cent., April 1874 212 f:i. cunt — D° 6 per Cent. July, 1870 .... ° 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — , Do C ert ifi cates iio Account — ])? 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — D o 44 pei Cent. — b° B ufaced P a p er , 4 p e r Cent ... . DO 6 per C en t., J an . 1872 — I ) , 6 , i per C ent ., M ay , 1879 — L° ' 1 per C en t., A ug . 1866 D bonds f 1,000 l2 8 °under £l,OOO A I'sD REIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. - Ast • L ra flan Bonds 5 per Cent 8 i i ellian 5 per Bonds, ° 4 / per Cent., 1852-58-60 .. 13 e „ b ° 1863 .. D o — 4- -Gs Ayres 6per, Cent A etc,. ccourit .. •. . Ir t , il ail 6 per Cent. — • ec io 41 . per Cent banCa,eteln 6 per Cent 'eon ..- 11-,4, per Cent. t a „? ~°' Per Cent, 1864 D -18 '-' 3 per Cent 1825 o G *) .k . per Cent 1864 inador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. —.... t,.""), Provisonal Land Warrant.. 96 °Yl3t ian 7 C t jj_, per en •„° second Issue %kJ° 4/00 Bonds ors 6 Per Cent., ex-Coupons „.0 Account 1824-5, ex-Coup ...... 221 1,.-',O Coupons flue, Account -- Iti,ettiala 5 per Cent. /t 139 and 1859 tble align 6 Per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) ih - 8 i il le aa per Cent 26h 4 0 Account 241 1 i Dos o 1864 die Di tto Per Cenf. Anglo-French die a d Scrip, £33 paid dis x d kl)c) I r rench Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c II eorieh Imperial 5 per Cent ew Granada 1 3 . ) ° 2 per Cent. 10 0 De I ,° La t nl r lir ecl arrants (Hectares) ''''') Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 — Aug., 1866 — j P Do do sl avian 41 per Cent - 1- N j° 2 pQr Cont. (Uribarron) 4 ' o 4} per Cent., 1862 B o ACCOLuit ... • por t.-- ~guese 3 per Cent., 1853 ,7 ,9_ '60,.629'3 8-4886:41 D 0 Account Der r t 1856 Ts_ .. __ ...en.., , . I 7 huu Account ran 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St ~ 41 per Cent., 1850 vo 841 1860 .0 0 3 531 b Per Cent 1859 87 6 e 5 per Cent, 1862 ~,0 Anglo-Dutch Po 134'114 Scrip, £55 paid b " li ati 6 per Cent e pt 0. Account e la h 3 Per Cent _ D teeount ...... 43 B° view Deferred Do A ccount .... 11)(0) ea t 3Ol i i 301 spa,a-A°4ount .„. tell Cert. of Coup not funded 'Jo i t. 1v.,.. 1 . i _eount _ B o l tu ) 4 per Cent Pr n , Znrki:', c riP, £6O paid 871 8 be 7 1 6 per Cent. 1854 881 b e `leceant 6 68 1 • no Per Cent. 1858 b o A ieount 6Bl . • B o u 100 Bonds 69 70 60 li p 1 )1 ' Cent. 1862 1) ''•ecount ° £ l OO Bonds.. .. 69i 0 11 0 r , 1)0 1863 .‘,..b0 ri,llat,„rateed, 4 per Cent. v et,,,nii Scrip, £4O paid I)vy"eia per Cent. „ aunt t so ", Per Cent., 1862 1), ' -e celant — .. 431 1 4 6 ,Rer Bent,,., 1864 -uivi d- payable A llst . n s on the aho , o in London 11 01,,f latl , 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. bit4i 3 a i tl 45 21 per Cent, Ex. 25f —1),, A . Per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull — Fr gi .; , 4 Per Cent. Crtificates B o 3 - Per Cent., 1861, Ex 25 francs.. 6.5 ...._ 110ruv.-eeannt ... . ...... Pte1,....104411te1):,11r onds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. per Cent., Ex, 25f — C o 41 018 A t THREE O'CLOCK, ttO A °II6 Y • c lBB '''°°o4lll ....... SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share , Railways. : paid. Closing Business I I Price ' I done. 3.14. Sir., Wol., and Str. Val. at .itythe and Tyne. st Bristol and Exeter at Jaledonian 50 •;ork, and Bandon 20 :_lornwall 10 Do A N. gets no die till 5p c.p an.haF 10 Do. Bti been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast June. 25 Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. at Edinburgh & Glasgow. st Glasg. and S. Western. at Great Eastern, Ord. stk st Ditto A stock st Ditto East Anglian at at GreatNorthof Scotland st Great Northern st Do A stock at Do B do at Gt. S. and W. of irelan st Great Western ,Original at Teo Str Val gua. stoo, at Do. South Wales at Do. West Rid. —Oxfore , at Do Newport at Do Hereford st Lancashire & Yorkshire st London and Blaokwall at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast at Lon., Chat., and Dover et Lon. & North Western at Lon. & So'.th Western at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 naryport and Carlisle. 12i Dot shares... at Metropolitan et Midland at Do Binning. & Derby 50 'Aid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Slid Kent —• at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee at Nth. Eastern—Berwio;. 26 Do, G.N.E. purchasel at Do Leeds at Do York st Do Carlisle 26 Do. Stock. & Darling 26 Po do 1855-58 25 Do do IMG-61 at ,North London 1 . 0 Do New 10 Do New, 18M st North Staffordshire .. 10 N. and S. W. Junction at Scottish Central et Soot. N. E., Aber. stool at Do Soot. Mid. stook 10 Shrews. and Welohpoo' at Shropshire Union at South at South Eastern 20 tttaines,Wok.,andWok at Taff Va1e...... 10 Do C ......... at Vale of Neath at Waterford & Kilkenny at West Cornwall at W. Hartlepool Har.&R, 82 E 4 123 121 1221 51 61 31 33 16 17 85 87 105 107 13i 44i 6 7 BRITISH Y Railways 10 Wantlo &St Lawrenc' lom.,Baroda&.Cent In. Gu. 5 per °cut.. !O Do. E. Shares.. • :06 auilalo and Laaell arm 10 Do. Preferanoe • , 0 iluffalo,Brant,&Godricl p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187 )0 Do. do. July 1, 187 )0 Jo. do. June 1, 18: it ilcutta.& S. E astn.(l. l l , it k,'apeTown Dock Seri )0 Demerara 7 p.o. per. pf 'ek Eastn. Bengal gu. ap. Dok }Last Indian. £'l3. 5 p. c 10 Do. do. J Ext.... )ok Grand Trunk of C'ans , t 0 Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent DO Do. Ist Frel. Bonds.. DO Do. do. deferred...... DO Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. DO Do. do. deferred...... DO Do. 3d P, ef. stock ... DO Do. do. deferred...... DO Do. 4th Pref. stock... 00 Do. do. deferred...... ook (3 t.lnctiaPeutn.gua. s p. ( 20 Do. Gu i. 5 per cent .. 20 Do. New gua. 5 p. 0. • ook Gt. South.of India(Lito guaranteed 5 per cent ock Do. 41 per cent..... ock D 0......... 304 3t. W. ci Canada Share: 104 Do. New ... • • 00 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt 00 Do. 54 p. 0. do. '77-8.. •. 10 Indian Branch Limited ook Madras guar., sp. o. ook Do.lll p. o. Extension ock Do. 44 do.-- • 20 Do. Fifth Extension. ock lzelb.Corpp. 6p. o. Both 50 Nlelb. & Ilobson's Bay. 30 Newßrunswiok tz Canth Class A and B. N.Rl.C'da6 po Ist f bdt toe) Soinde .......... Lock Do. Delhi,.. q s 20 Do. do .... t st Do. Punjaub e ook Do. Indus. St. Flog) bk. I'B 12) 1Z 8 140 127 13) 8) 01 091 7 47 49 35 40 91 101 1113} 113/ 66 67 102 (03 38 40 110/ llt 04 86 64/ 66/ leBi 10011 13 0 0 1301 100 iO2 62 63 1 24 t 5 10611107 i 61i Esi 94i 954 125 130 85 36 0 10 7 8 118 123 11 p 75 77 10 11} 131 138 54 5(1 84 SO 81i 62 8 9 HO 165 3a 46 I, 97 99 33 35 SSESSIONS. Closing Price. Paid. 55 67 ,00 101 i dis pr 41 6 7 8 9i 101 92 94 100 101 100 101 19 20 90 93 71 73 CO 42 66 68 56 t 8 53 56 46 48 28 30 26 C 8 100 *Ol pr id 1r 99 100 9 04 11 104 89 91 77 81 4 d ) r 991 1001, 92 04 88 00 t 8 CO 6 80 83 99 ICO 98 100 id par 98 100 05 97 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 3i, 1872.... 100 Do. do. 1883.... 100 ; 11.6 OVA p.O.cra. tiZJ L 11: 1877-81 , Do. 6p. c. Feb. & 100 88 90 1)0.6 p. o. Mar. & Se•)t 100 88 9 9 Do. Ip. o. Jan.&Juty. 100 75 80 77 Do. 5 _inscribed stock 100 75 BO ;ape G.llope, 6 p 0,187: , 100 104 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 1881 100 107 109 Do. 1815 100 108 110 Jo. Jan. & July. 1891.. 100 107 103 eylon, N0v.1863, 6 p 100 108 105 Do. 1878, do 106 lt9 112 llauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 00 101 104 Do. 1878 100 103 108 Do. 1882 IJO ,03 105 natal Gov. 6 per cont.. 100 tf.o 115 4.13.G0v. 6 p.c. J a.&Jul:, 100 93 96 v. S.W. Gov. 5 p c., 18, 100 97 99 98 Du. sp. c.,1871 to 1..',71 100 05 97 Do. do.,;888 &upwd. 100 94 96 95 few Zealand 6 p cent 100 9) 102 ova Scotia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 lOO 95 93 .lueensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 10) 102 Aus Cov. 6 p.c.lf 68- 100 Do. 1;78 4Spuward L lOO 105 107 103 Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - Do. to 6 p.c. A.P.&00k., 100 101 105 1031 a~abrian Cousol. Gold Chiverton Jildord Amalgamated.. )even G. Cons. (Tavist. Drakewal's East Bassett (ILlogan).. East Caradon ...... ~ R st Cara 8rea........ East Grenville ...,..... East Lovell ........... W'lltussal (Tavistk. qram.&St.Aubyn(G wen Great Lasey, reat South Tolgus... 1. Wheal Vor (11elstoi, tier:Ars-Foot tiingston Downs iftrgaret (lJny Lelant 'larke Valley.. tywiv Iron Oro (Lim. Nangiles.. •••• New Acton s!orth Downs..,, North Roskear.. ‘. tl'i liabeettillo4au forth Wheal Crotty Prosper United.... .rovidenoe(Uny Lelut. iouthUaradon(St.Cleer , ;.Wheal Frau. allog,au Stray Park Lin Crott cSesi Basset (Illogan).. C , radon (Lis card West Chiverton West Seaton ,Vhes.l Basset (Mogan Nheal Bulter(ltedrutb WhealLuthott ,Vheal Mary Ann pen. tti heal Lleto - n ;VhealTreiawney (Lis. ‘‘'heal Union BRITISH. MINES. 2.1.0. 80 3.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0. 2.13.6. 8.13. 17ft 40 78 •. 8.13 4.18., i.:; c 214 3 29} 3.1' .6 2.8 0 7.1. A. to 0.7 ims.t 10.17.4 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, Chester gua. stock, 74 35 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent.,l-- Ditto, 46 per cent. red., P 95 9 Darlington, A 5 per cent., Nort i lE ,,;k as tu te u rn a c a Ditto, B ande 6 per cent„ 3 South Eastern (Reading, Aims., £1.0.6), 21 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Caledonian £lO gua. stock, 995 9 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent.. 11153 Nottngham and Grantham R. & C., 91 Wilts and Somerset, 87 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 Imperial Mexican, 35 BANKS. Alliance (lim.), 361 5 Ditto, new, 34 2 Australasia, 69 Bank of Queensland (11m), 155 Brazilian and Portuguese, lira., 12 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 335 2_135 Ditto, new, 31 East London, lira., 51 • European Bank, lira., Of Imperial Ottoman, 151 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 45 London and Brazilian dim.), 40 London and Comity, 925 London Joint Stock, 455 5 London and South African, 195 Mercantile and Exchange. lira., 10} Oriental Bank Corporation, 58 65 'Provincial of Ireland, 905 Union of London 50 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 67 MISCELLANEOUS. City Offices, Dm, 2t Commercial Union, Insurance, 7; Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., 61 6 Hudson's Bay, 15f International Financial Society, UM., 6I Joint Stock Discount, lim., 41 5 London Financial Association, DM., 20; National Diccount Company, lim., 121 13 National Financial, lint, 5k I Nova Scotia Gold and Land, him, Ditto (£l , , 1 Telegrat h Construe. and Maintenance, lira., 33 Universal Marine, Insurance, lira., 5} The failure Las taken place of Mr Louis Speltz, commission merchant, of Liverpool. The liabilities are stated at £250,000 upon his own acceptances, and £70,000 on endorsements and engagements on other bills, of which £50,000 is expected to rank on the estate. The assets are described as of an uncer. tain character, and the books have been placed in the hands of Messrs C. F. Kemp, Ford, and Co. 1231 e3l 41)1 81 100 113} 1031 21 1111 95 t 65 1291 t 1051 Business dons .Clo} 991 100} 1001 1001 901 27i 1001 } 100 991 POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A GENTLEMAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING THE POLICE,—Mr Thomas Sheffield Robinson, of 94, Wimpole street, Cavendish-square, was charged before Mr T3rwhitt with being drunk and disorderly and assaulting Police constables Alfred Austin, 188 C, and Samuel Yeo, 316 A. The defendant was in Piccadilly this morning about 2 o'clock, having a dispute with a prostitute and surrounded by a number of others, and refused to go away when requested by the constables, he being very drunk at the time. Finding expostulation useless, the constables were about to take him into custody when he struck both with a cane which he had in his hand, and became so obstreperous that it required foul constables to get him to the station. In answer to Mr Tyrwhitt, one of the constables said he had seen the defendant about the neighbourhood of the Haymarket all the evening, and had several times advised him to go away, as he was causing a disturbance with the females, with whom he seemed to be well acquain►ed. The defendant said it was the females who caused the disturbance. They accused him of something which was not true. If ho struck the police it was not intentional. Mr Tyrwhitt fined the defendant 103 or 14 days, The fine was paid. THAMES. COIL STEALING ON A RAlL'wAY.—Jeremiah Cronin, an audacious thief, 15 years of age, who has been in cus tody a great many times, and thrice summarily convicted, was brought before Sir Partridge, charged with stealing 2 cwt. of coals, the property of the North London Railway Company. John Grantham said—l am a night watchman in the service of the North London Railway Company, At 7.4.5 last evening I was watching a coal siding at Bow near the Lea Cut, and saw the prisoner and another boy taking coals from the siding, and putting them on board a barge in the Lea Cut, 25 yards off. They went backwards and forwards four or five times. They were about to shove the barge off to the other side of the stream, when I went on board and attempted to secure both, one ran away. I caught the prisoner and took him to the station-house, There was about two cwt. of coals stolen from the siding. Mr Partridge--How came they to make use of the barge? Witness—Their intention was to shove the barge round to the opposite bank, and then the) would have landed the coals and got away with them. The company have been robbed to a large extent of their coals from the sidings. Henry Dove, a police-constable, 44.5 K, said the prisoner was a daring thief, and had been convicted three times summarily. On the first occasion he was sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment and hard labour, on the second to three months' imprisonment and hard labour, and on the 12th of August last to two months' imprisonment and hard labour, The prisoner had only just come out of prison. Mr Partridge asked the prisoner if he was guilty or not guilty ? The Prisoner—Guilty, sir. Mr Partridge sentenced him to bo imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three months, and' said that conviction would be returned to the sessions, and remembered against him, and if any case was made out against him again he would be committed for trial. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 38s 9d; barley, 30s 2,1 ; oats, 20s Od ; rye, 30s Ild ; beans, 38s 11d ; and peas, 35s Bd. • THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 41s Od ; barley, 314(1; oats, 21s Id ; rye, 34s 2d ; beans, 408 7d ; pas, 36s 6d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 100,070 , barley, 67,163; oats, 12,499; rye, 243; beans, 5,065; peas, 1,693 qrs, METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on sale here to-day was moderately extensive. The quality of the stock, however, being infe rior, good and prime breeds changed hands at full prices, but inferior qualities moved off slowly, at about Monday's currency: the top price was 5s 4d per 81b. With sheep the market was but moderately supplied. The mutton, trade, however, was very slow, yet no change took place in prices compared with Monday. The pr;mest Downs, &c., realised 5s 6d per 81b. The supply of calves on sale was but moderate, yet the voal trade ruled less active, at 2d per 81b lees money than on Monday. Prime small pigs were in steady demand, at full prices. Large hogs, however, were dull. _ . . . Per Blbs. to sink tho offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s d Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 10 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 0 5 2 Secondquality do. 4 0 4 6 Pmo.S'thdowndo.s 4 5 6 Prime large oxen 4 8 5 0 Largo orse. calves 4 4 4 lu Prime Scots, &c. 5 2 5 4 Prime small do 5 0 5 2 Urse. & inf. sheep 3 10 4 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 6 410 Small porkers... , 4 2 4 8 Lambs, ...0s Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 163 to 203 ; and quarter-old store pigs, !Os to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts ... Cows 125 Sheep Calves rigs . 330 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade, on the whole: is steady at about previous rates. BEef, from 3s Od to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s Gd ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; and pork 3s 6d to 4s 10d per Blbs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Oct, 12.—Prime meat was firm, but inferior descriptions met a slow sale. Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s 4d ; mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 8d ; veal, 4s 4d to 55 Od; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Oct. 12.—The trade was slow, but prime qua lities were firm in price. Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s 4d; mut ton, 3s 10d to 5s 6d ; veal, 4s Od to 46 10d ; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 16's to 19s ; quarter old store pigs, 20a to 25e; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 108 to £5 108 ; clover. £4 158 to £6 108 Od ; and straw, 88 to £1 128 per load Trade steady. CUMRERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 103 to £5 los ; cloven £4 15s to £6 ;Os Od ; and straw, £lB. to £1 12s per load , A fair demand. WIIITECHAPEL—Meadow hay, £3 10s to £5 lOs ; clover, £4 15s to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 1213 per load, Trade firm. The Explosion at Erith. Yesterday evening Mr W. Payne, coroner for the City and Southwark, held an inquiry at Guy's Hospitalrespect ing the death of Elizabeth Osborn, aged 8 years and 4 months, who died from the efftcts of the explosion. . Mr George Osborn said that ho was a painter, in busi ness, and resided at Bromley, in Kent. His daughter Elizabeth wont on a visit to the house of Mr Silver, the manager of the Lowood Gunpowder Company's maga zine, next that of Messrs Hall, at Belvedere, She was there a fortnight when the explosion took place. Mr Sidney Turner, house surgeon, said that the deceased was brought to the hospital on the lst October, in a severe state of collapse. She had received dreadful lacerations on the face, chest, and arms, apparently from broken glass. She died in 10 days, and it was then found that the base of her skull had been fractured. The Coroncr said that at the proceedings held on the pre vious day at Erith an important letter was produced. The document was proved to be a letter written by Rayner, the manager of Mr Hall's magazine, and it was addressed to the foreman, Mr Monk, at Faversham. It contained most serious complaints of the condition of the powder barrels sent to Erith. Mr John F. Hall here stepped forward and said that he was the son of the London partner, and was assistant to the firm, he ceula therefore give some explanation. The firm had received no complaints for three years past. Three years ago they had received from a maker a number of very detective barrels, and in consequence of the complaints then made the Messrs. Hall had erected a large cooperage, at which all the barrels were now made, under their own supervision. The letter of Mr Rayner bore no date, but it was evidently written in reference to what had happened three years ago. The Foreman—Have you not other magazines at Erith where an examination of the general condition of the bar rely could be made ? Mr Hall—Not at Erith. They are not in use ; but we have magazines at Liverpool and elsewhere which would admit of examination. Barrels manufactured by the same are in those magazines. A Juror—Mr Hall distinctly told us last week that no iron was used in the magazines, and now we find that a go vernment officer saw iron nails and rods on all sides. 'NS itness—l cannot speak from personal knowlelge of the old magazine, which the Government bought three years ago; but in the magazine all the nails, &0., were copper. The witness who spoke am to the state of the old magazine admitted that he had only been in it once for a moment. Tho Coroner—l think it would be best to write to the Board of Trade, and ask them to appoint some competent scientific man to make an examination of the general state of the barrels in the other magazines. The Foreman—The question of tho bad manufacture of the powder barrels has suddenly arisen, although it was en tirely unsuspected by us last week. It would therefore be very necessary to ascertain by some disinterested evidence what the actual state of the case may be. It would be ab surd for us to return a verdict that the explosion took place from an accident if another jury were at the same time in possession of evidence proving that there was culpable neg- ligence. The Coroner said that ho should at onco communicate with tho Board of Trade upon the subject. The court then adjourned. MUNIFICENCE OF A LADT.—A benevolent lady has paid the cost, amounting to £5OB, of the Valentia life boat est Lblishment on the coast of Kerry, Ireland, which is now being formed there under the superintenderce of the National Lifeboat Institution. It is the only lifeboat station on that wild Atlantic coast. The same lady lad previously defrayed the cost of a lifeboat and transporting carriage for a station on the north-west coast of England. Forecasts of Weather. The following memorandum, published for gene ral information by Vice-Admiral R. Fitz-Roy, ar. Fears in the Lifeboat, the journal of the National Lifeboat Institution : FORECASTS OF WEATHER. Many persons have asked questions about forecasts of weather and their principles. Some have impugned their accuracy, and a few have demurred to their having any claim to a really scientific basis. No doubt that as very different views of atmospheric commotions or changes are teken by able men, such subjec s may scarcely seem worth ,heir earnest attention, because as jet they have not been brought to the verification of a rigid mathematical analysis But to metaphysical inquiries, and to other researches or avocations, indispensably useful, one might take objection, and decline their study on similar grounds. Meteorology not only abounds in physical facts, excessively useful as well as interesting, but it demands an extensive range of intellectual and extremely comprehensive considerations. One cannot take it into full use without due study; yet who is there without an i'ndependmt opiniun of the weather, and perhaps too little understood barometric indi cations ? Having ascertained that the principal atmos pheric currents are incessantly in more or less circuiteu. but mutually opposed progress, sometimes side by side but in contrary directions, sometimes superposed, one or other being nearest the earth's surface, temporarily—and always having lateral as well as direct progression, we have a clue to their dyaametry—by observations at distant stations and by telegraphing to a centre, somewhat like that which might be given in a tidal estuary to au observer at a fixed station, by ships swinging in advance or receding tide streams. By the ten s i on or b arome t r ic pressure, the temperaturs and other c h aracter i st i cs of the air at each station—by the approximate knowledge now possessed of the set, turn, or progression of atmospheric currents— of their relative breadth horizontally, and of the circui tous eddies usually, or often, between their edges or _ . boundaries—one may tell what conditions of air exist within. some hundred miles around—say a sweep of 500 miles from London (as a Centre), and, which is of far more value, what changes of movements 'are impending. The capability of doing this for about two days in advance rests on the proved fact of a general lateral translation toward the east in the temperate zone, while northerly, southerly, or other (mixed) currents of air are in very various movement, the practical results on the earth's surface being usually composite motions. By thus con sidering the atmospheric area above, around, and within some hundred miles of us ; by statical observations at the same hour, and by summary calculations of a dynamic character, all the principal motions and changes are brought within the grasp of forecast. But this applies only to general and principal averages, not to local pecu liarities or special disturbances so limited in nature that they do not affect more than a few score miles' expanse of atmos phere, It ought to be kept in mind that broad shallow currents are the chief serial features, below or between or among which there can be no vacancy, unless momentarily, as when a violent blast of wind is caused by a sudden (approximate) vacuum ; and that when currents act against each other (gravity restraining upward motion) their ten dency is to cause more or less rotation. The lamented Espy said that winds always set from the place of higher baro meter towards that of lower, but ho also said (which come writers seem to have overlooked) that the meeting of such winds causes a circuitous effect. V. — B ll's views accord with ,hose of the authoritative Dove and our illustrious Her. schel. The word cyclone has been so associated with storm that few persons attach to it now the simple and ancient sense of circuit or circuitous. Without duly fol - lowing the progress and ultimate destination of materiel fluid. air having great bulk, infinite elasticity, and more or lesslvis ine, lice, or rather momentum, according to me chanical laws, some persons have imagined that air cur. rents intermix, as if unresistingly, instead of opposing each other for a time, especially if in rapidruotion, just like cur rents of water in a river or in the sea. Air-streams in op position must &fleet or turn each other, or go upward (against gravitation). Without a general, lateral, or trans meridional movement, or translation of atmosphere toward the east in the temperate zones, but westward in the inter tropical regions—in addition to meridional movements from and toward the poles (of which full explanations are given elsewhere), it would not be possible to forecast the character of wind and weather beyond one day's interval. It is the prescience of dynamic consequences arising out of statical facts that enables a really scientific calculation of probabi lities to be made. Certainty is not yet attainable; but a fair average probability, for a certain area or district is already within our reach. Out of these forecasts spring the cautionary notices of impending storms. It is by a continuous observation of the changes and indications of change that we aro now enabled to decide and direct with confidence. Without such a generally-informed state we should often be surprised, as we should derive our warnings solely from distant stations, and should not be able as now frequently to warn even outposts, such as Nairn, Valentia, or Rochefort. That errors have occurred—that we have been too slow, or have given warning where it seemed to have been unnecessary—may appear to have been unavoid able in such new and tentative experiments. But there have been four special causes of occasional failure which ought to be fairly considered. "1. A watch having been officially set to report on the results of each cautionary signal, has somewhat discouraged such speedy action as might otherwise have been taken in signalling, lest a record of their inutility should be compiled rather than the contrary, 2. Public offices are not open on Sundays, and only a few principal telegraph stations are then available. Hence there is sometimes unavoidable delay between Saturday and Monday. 3. No one or two persons can be always at their station all the year round from morn ing to night. The new subject of forecasting and warn ing is hardly yet so familiar to many persons, however zealous, as it may be in due time, Lastly, the telegraph offices are not open in general till 8 or 9 in the morning, or after those hours at night; therefore official communica tions are only practicable, over so wide a range as ours, between those times of the day." To communicate between Nairn or Valentia or Rochefort and our office in London usually takes about two hours, in actual practice. For proofs of what has been thus stated, perhaps too dogmatically, about the movements of air-cur rents and their lateral translation, I would suggest a general reference to various publications, except for one recent and very remarkable instance. During the storm of October 29.30, such remarkable sudden and violent shifts of wind took place about the same time at many places in a nearly meridional direction across England, between or by Oxford, Greenwich, Nottingham, and other places, that even to meteorologists they seemed unaccountable—but if we con template parallel currents, side by side, moving rapidly in Opposite directions, and having also a lateral movement to the eastward, such sudden and meridional changes may be come as easy to comprehend as those so well described by aeronauts, who passed out of one stratum or current of air into another, so closely superposed that while the balloon was tilted (draws.' aside as it were) by the one, the car was effected differently by the other. This momentary effect was accompanied by a rushing sound like that of a torrent of water. These currents had different tempera tures, electric characters, degrees of dryness or moisture, and horiz natal motions. (The sound, caused by pressure and friction, is suggestive of various ideas in connection with heat and electric considerations, inadmissible here.) In this case, of course, the representative of an observatory moved vertically through hrrizontal air-currents, at times differing in velocity (referred to earth's surface) from some 30 to 60 miles an hour. In the former instance—that of a land station—the currents ware separated vertically, their division passing across any place suddenly but horizontally. At the present time our meteorologic communications are utilised, and highly appreciated on the continent. At a b out ten in the morning (as seen as in London), Paris receives notices of wind and weather from our most distant stations, and distributes thorn. Near ca th u e tio s n am ar e y tnimoteiowesetroeemeiovree thantele eighteen system - gr ams at this office from three French coast stations—B res t, Lorient, and Rochefort—being all that we c an ut ili se. Two hours afterwaridfsantthyhe)e coasts French astsof France,GovernmentThdiesspEarticthiseh a our and( stationson theref ore incurred a large responsibilit y. Wh at forecasts, as does it cost ? is of course a frequent question. The Me teorologic-office of the Board of Trade, and for the Admiralty likewise, was established in 1855, with a yearly estimate of £4,200. This was for many duties, exclusive of those now superadded, net then contemplated. To include and provide for all—with these additional objects, and their contingent expenses— I now ask to have £5,800, being only £1,600 more than in 1855-58 when meteorologic investigations had not led to their practical utilisation nationally. In conclusion, may I be permitted to say that, while ad mitting many errors of judgment and numerous instances of tardy decision, it has been proved by general opinion of the maritime, if not also of the agricultural, interests that the system of meteorologic information existing now under the Board of Trade is worth its cost to the nation, and is deserving of efficient maintenance.—R. FiTz-ROY. Postcript,—Having been asked to send out forecasts, and occasional cautionary notices to the Midland districts, I am anxious to say that such detailed definitions seem hardly requsite, as they could not be given for highlands and valleys, exposed districts, and sheltered places alike. Fair comparisons of the daily weather reports or notices for those coasts which are nearest to any such inland place— especially those to the westward —and duo consideration of the reports immediately preceding the time of observation, or expected, as probable to occur during next day, or on that to follow it—may give better information than a special forecast—not duly estimating locale epceicaullriearfeitrieens.ceTtheepwrihnoolie. area of the British islands is so small, comparatively, that changes over them may be better esti mated compiehens S p i a v l e u lY p ' p o e u r, a or w c id lo e u s d ca bleca(rhinag ving currents), sp rather than to local effects in confined or very limited districts, CIIURCII RATE CONTEST IN TUE CITY.—The parishioners of St. Katherine Crce Church, at the eastern division of the City in and around Leadenhall-street, were on Tuesday summoned to attend a poll which had been de manded at the vestry meeting held on the Thursday pre. ceding, to decide whether a proposition then made for a ohurch rate of 10d in the pound should be carried or not At the poll Churchwarden Nash presided, and at the close he announced the number of votes recorded to be—for the rate, 58 ; against it, 47. The church rate of 10d was accordingly declared to be carit.d. Reported Death of Lord Palmerston, A rumour was generally prevalent this morning, ,o the effect that Lord Palmerston bad died during ,he n'ght. We have great pleasure in announcing ,he rumour to be without foundation. The Leeds Banking Company. THIS DAY. This morning Vice Chancellor Kindersley met the repre sentatives of the creditors of this company, at his Chambers, in Stone buildings. ' ' An application was made by Mr Glasse for the appoint ment of an official liquidator. The winding up was not opposed, and Mr Turquand was appointed the official liquidator, subject hereafter to an application to the Court in term. An order was made that the affairs of the bank should be wound up on three petitions which were presented. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SAMBRE AND MEUSE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes :erday at tho office, Moorgate-street; Mr G. Sheward in he chair. Mr Snellgrove, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an abstract of which has appeared in the Still, was taken as read. The CMAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said ho had very little to say on the working of the railway for the last six months, as no change in it had taken place. They had now a fixed income from the leasing companies,and neither an addition to the traffic nor a diminution of expenses could alter their position until after the years 1564 and 1865, when the terms of the agreement would entitle them to a certain proportion cf the net profirs over and above the £40,000 a year. Under the agreement their position could never be worse than it was at present, but it might be greatly improved. They could not be called upon for an increase of capital except for the completion of two or three stations as permanent structures, and a certain portion of the cost of the Charleroi station, whenever the Government might determine on reconstructing it as a permanent station. This would not require much capital, and as the company had a certain number of shares in hand they could dispose of them and thus raise the requisite funds without calling upon the shareholders for any further contribution. They would not have to pay for renewal or repairs, and their capital ac count might be considered as closed. He had received several letters from shareholders. Some complained that the weekly traffic returns of the amalgamated companies for the corres ponding weeks of last year were not published so as to enable them to form a comparison with the weekly returns of this year. The reason they were not published was the difficulty of giving them correctly; the Antwerp and Rotterdam week for the corresponding period ended on Thursday the Sambre and Meuse on Saturday, and the Est-Beige was made up once a month. Ho did not think the publication for the weeks of last year could do much good, as they would necessarily to some extent be erroneous• An addition had since been made to the Antwerp and Rotterdam system, Other shareholders complained of the low price of the shares as compared with those of the West Flanders, but he could not explain it, as one was as good as the other. He had also been asked as to the amount of increase in the dividend they might expect after January, 1866. He did not like to venture an opinion as to what the amount of the increase would be, but he believed they would have an increase. As to himself, he should feel disappointed if he did not receive ultimately 5 per cent. instead of the MilliM2l44 of 2 per cent now guaranteed to them by the amalgamated companies ; but he could not then give them any figures in support of his ultimate expectation of the 5 per cent. He supposed there would be no objection to removing the office in Belgium from Jardinet to Brussels, as the directors would not trench upon the dividend, but would confine their office expenses to the amount allowed for that purpose by the amalgamated company. There was no difficulty with the Government in respect of the amalgamation, but they had refused to release the Sambre and Meuse Company from ar y of its engagements with the Government. They would have to submit the ao counts as usual to the Government author ties as if they had not been leased to the other company. They would also have to meet the shareholders every half-year to declare a dividend. Since the amalgamated company had taken pos session of their line the Government had endeavoured to make a further reduction in the tariff. The directors would endeavour to make the dividends payable in future on the Ist of March and Ist of September in each year, but that would depend on obtaining an earlier settlement of accounts with the Government. _ _ _ Mr WILLIAmsoN seconded the motion for the adoption of the report and statement of accounts. Mr AUSTEN, a director, explained that the company would receive every three months £lO,OOO from the amalga mated companies before they paid any interest or dividend to their bond or share holders. In reply tolquestions it was stated that the Government was acting most unfairly towards the English railway com panies in Belgium; that there were at present 160 projects tor new railways in Belgium, and it was fully expected that at least halt the money would be got from England, The State lines had been made with money borrowed at 3 per cent., they had realised 6 per cent., and a large portion or the money having been repaid, the Government had reduced the tariff on all the lines considerably, and now wanted to compel the companies to make further reductions for the benefit of the country. There was now a through line from Antwerp to Basle, but the Government would not lot the company's waggons go through over the State line, and they were now fighting to attain that objecl . . • Resolutions were passed adopting the report, approving the dividend of 4s. per £2,0 share for the past half-year, re electing Mr Harrison and Mr Sheward, the retiring direc tors, and author ising the removal of the office from Jardinet to Brussels. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. WELLAND. Yesterday a special meeting of this company was held at the offices, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. The CHAIRMAN said that at the last general meeting it was decided to apply for an Act to raise the proposed £50,000 in preference bonds for the purpose of building propellers and placing the line in a completely efficient state. The directors were indebted to certain individual bondholders, who felt confident in the ultimate success of the undertaking, for having taken the initiative, not only in providing propellers for the season, but in relieving the company from the pressure of creditors in Canada. In ad dition to this they had advanced £12,000, which, with a portion of the second mortgage bonds remaining available, and the allotment of a small amount of the proposed now preference bonds, would be sufficient to discharge the whole of the trade debts of the company, amounting to £20,090. The Act for raising the £50,0,0 had received the assent of the Colonial Legislature in June last. lie concluded by moving a formal resolution authorising the directors to issue preference bonds or debentures to the amount of £50,000 as a first charge on the railway and works, the roll ing stock, vessels, elevators, and other property of the com pany, on such terms of years and rate of interest as the directors might determine, not exceeding 8 per cent. per annum. Mr BOSANQUET seconded the motion. A r/LOPRIETOR inquired what under the new arrange ment would be the position and prospects of the old bond holders. The CIIIIRMAN replied that their position and prospects would be improved. If this were not done, their property would be valueless, the money being required for steamers, repair of the line, and other purposes, which might all be effected for £lO,OOO. The preference bondholders would enable the directors to pay off all the debts and so supersede the rights of the execution creditors, who, according to the Canadian law, could come upon the line and stop the traffic. With the exception of the preference bonds created by the Act, *ll other charges on the company would retain their respective priorities. The first bends were payable in 1866, and it was hoped that the company would be placed in such a position by that date that there would be no difficulty in renewing the bonds. After some discussion the resolution was unanimously adopted, and the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. ST. ANDREW'S. The half-yearly meeting of the company was held on Monday; Mr W. Smith in the chair. The report stated that the revenue was £l,BOl, and the expenditure 1,085. The revenue still showed a steady in crease, but, in consequence of the large outlay on the per manent way, the directors were unable to increase the divi dend beyond the guaranteed 4i per cent. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the approval of the report, adverted to the recent report of Captain Rich on the con dition of the line, and disputed the statements of it, main taining that the line had been worked since the commence. ment in a safe and satisfactory manner. _ _ Mr. runvls seconded the motio , which, after some con versation, was agreed to. It was resolved to authorise the directors to apply for power to borrow £6,000 for the improvement of the lino. A WORD ON BEHALF OF OUR SEA FISH.—Sea fish have innumerable enemies, and while the de struction by millions of herrings and mackerel in full roe is permitted and even encouraged by law, it is unreasonable to expect the stock of fish to increase. For every female herring or mackerel destroyed while in roe 500,000 ova perish, and while the salmon, trout, perch, and all fresh water fish are protected by Act of Parliament, there is no protection whatever for our sea fisheries. The remedy is very simple. Let it be made illegal to destroy sea fish while breeding—that is, give them a couple of months' immunity, and the supply of a good wholesome article of food for the poor man will be increased a hundred fold, and fish will be procurable in the London .narket at a tenth part of the pre sent price. The subject is well worth the attention of the Legislature, and ho will deserve well of the nation who shall first call the attention of Parliament to so impor tant a matter, aud ono iu which there is room for such a vast improvement.—Once a Week. Meeting of Middlesex Magistrate?, THIS DAY. A meeting of the Middlesex magistrates was held this day, at the Clerkenwell Sessions House, for the transaction of tile usual county business. THE PRISON MINISTERS' ACT. On the motion for the reception of the report of the Visit ing justices of the House of Correction, Coldbath Fields, Mr LAWRIE asked whether any and what arrangements had been made by the Visiting Justices to enable Catholic prisoners who had expressed a wish to see ministers of their own religion ? Mr WYATT said the number of persons who had ex pressed such a desire was one out of three, two out of three having declined. With respect to the arrangements mad( he had to inform the Court that every necessary preparation had been made. When only one Catholic prisoner wished to see hLs minister, he did so alone, but when two or more expressed such a desire a warder was present. Mr LAWRIE asked how often the Catholic ministers attended, and whether any particular days for their admis sion had been fixed. ' Mr W YATT said the visiting justices had fixed Sundays, 'ucsdays, and Wednesdays. Mr. LAWRIE said he should like to know whether any money had been expended in the purchase of crucifixes, chalices, or other articles. _ Mr. WYATT said not a penny had been laid out in such a manner. Mr. LAWRIE asked whether past experience induced the belief that the resolution had been carried out without any danger to the nation, and to Clerkonwell in particular ? (" Oh, oh 1") The question produced a slight commotion, but it was not suswered. [The formal business of receiving reports from other officers was then proceeded with.) Oa the motion for the consideration of so much of the report of the visiting justices of the House of Correction at Coldbath-fields, laid before the Court on the last county day as related to the proceedings of the visiting justices with reference to the Prison Ministers Act, Mr Sergeant PAYNE moved, pursuant to notice, " That this Court has learnt with satisfaction from the report of the visiting justices of the House of Correction at Coldbath fields, that they havJ so far canied out the intention of the Prison Ministers' Act and the resolution of this Court, as to prevent the unnecessary atteniance of a Roman Catholic priest at the prison by limiting his visits to these Roman Catholic prisoners who, in answer to enquiry, shall have expressed a wish to receive them, the statute declaring that no prisoner shall be so visited against his will. At the same time this court desires to draw the attention of the Visiting Justices to the further provisions of the act (which do not appear by the report to have been considered) by which it is required that such visit s shall be ' under such restrictions imposed by them as may guard against the introduction of improper persons and prevent improper communications: This court, considering that without those restrictions, the safeguards intended by the Legislature will not have been carried into effect." In bringing forward his resolution, the hon. gentleman said formerly prisoners could have been visited by a mini ster of their own religious belief if they required it. The recent Act permits only the question to be put, "Do you require a priest to visit you ?" It explained that, as already stated, that so far as the House of Correction was concerned, one out of three had declined. But the Visiting Justices, he thought, had not gone far enough It was a condition in the Act of Pa- liament that the permission to see a priest should be given only under certain restrictions. The Visiting Justices seem to have admitted every one who had come to vi, it without any inquiry as to moral character. It was only lately that there had appeared an account of the expulsion of a priest from a continental establishment, in consequence of most immoral conduct ; and a letter had also appeared in the papers, which he at first could hardly believe, when he commenced reading it, to have been written by any other person than some lady superior. However, on com ing the conclusion he found it to be the production of a priest to a little toy. Besides this a recent case of abduction had not at all set the public mind at rest. Then, with respect to improper communica tions no regulation was made by the justices for the prevention of objectionable observations. There was no thing to prevent a priest, having gained access to a prisoner, from telling him that all Protestants were heretics ; that Protestantism was to be overthrown, that the prisoner's al legiance was to the Pope in superiority to the glom. It was but fair to conclude that the object of those who pressed' this matter on the part of the Catholics was to upset the Protestant religion, and unfurl the banner of Popery over the ruins of the Established Church. (Oh, oh.) Captain MORLEY seconded the motion. Mr SWIFT said the Catholic gentleman who visited the House of Correction waa to his present knowledge a gentleman of the highest possible character as a divine, and one who by his cistinguished labours showed most unmis takably that his object was the prevention of crime and the reformation of criminals. lie regretted the intolerant re marks of the learned sergeant, who might know a good deal about law, but he knew little of the knowledge of life, and nothing of the reformation of criminals. The only way to reform character was by personal application and the weight of the minister cf religion being brought to bear upon the offender. Ho condemned the remarks of the learned sergeant as another memorable exhibition of the:intoler ance he had so of ten exhibited in that court. Mr. PAYXE regretted that a county magistrate should have gone out of his way in his zeal for the cause he had espoused to make a personal attack on a brother magis • trate. The motion of Sergeant Payne was then put by the chairman and carried. The Court then proceeded with the other business on the paper, which, having been disposed of, the Court ad journed. BRUTAL OUTRAGE.--A brutal and probably fatal outrage was perpetrated on Sunday evening last near Balinamuck, in the county of Longford. It appears that a feud existed between three families named Farrell, Cassidy, and Merriman who resided near each other, and three brothers of the Merriman family, determined to com pletely silence their opponents, waylaid Patrick Cassidy and James Farrell, and beat them in a most savagomanner with shovels, spades, &c. During the affray Patrick Cas sidy received a severe blow on the head with a shovel, which leaves him in a precarious state. Farrell was not beaten so much, but sustained some injuries. After satisfying them selves the brothers decamped, leaving their victims welter ing in blood. The police have captured Peter and John Merriman, but Francis hes escaped, Cassidy's life is con sidered to be in danger. FIVE Bogs BURIED ALIV E.—A serious accident, whereby one boy has lost his life and another received dangerous injuries, took place in Dukinfield on Tuesday. James Lawton (nine years of age), John Holmes (seven years), and three other boys about the same age, were playing at theDukinfield Park. Near the Dukinfieldßrewery there has existed a colliery, for many years worked in the side of the hill, under the park, but it has been disused for three or four years. The park is a considerable height above the road, so that the coal crops out in some places in the park adjacent to the road. At the back of the brewery the seam is three or four inches in thickness, and the five boys were digging out the coal when the earth gave way, and they were all more or less caught by it as it fell. An alarm being given, some men who are engaged at the brewery ran to the spot with spades, The boy Holmes was rescued alive, though ho was completely covered with earth except his NA. The boy Lawton was quite dead ; he was found with his head uncovered, but ha 4 been crushed to death with the weight of the earth which had fallen upon him. The three other boys escaped without being in the least hurt. The boy Holmes, though dangerously crushed, is expeoted to recover. A MASTER MILLER CHARGED WITH POACHING —At the Wellington Petty Sessions, on Tuesday last, Mr J. Tomlinson, a miller, living at Leegomery, near this town, was charged with trespassing on lands belonging to the Duke of Sutherland, on the morning of the 7th ult. It appeared from the evidence of a gamekeeper named Jones, and police-sergeant Christie, that defendant was seen about 5 o'clock on the morning in question in a field at Wappenshall. He had a gun in his hand, and was observed to fire at something in the stubble. He then went to the spot and picked it np. A subsequent search was made, and the feathers of a partridge were found on the ground. Defendant was accosted, but he denied shooting a bird, and said it was a rabbit. Tomlinson repeated this statement before the magistrates, but Mr Bather said he considered the charge fully made out, and was surprised to see a man of defendant's position of life making himself amenable to the law, He must pay a fine of £2 and Os 8d costs, POWDER MAGAZINES,—A special meeting of the Town Council of Rochester was held on Tuesday, at which the subject of the late calamitous explosion at Belve dere was under consideration, and the consequences which would result from a similar explosion of the powder maga zines at Upnor Castle, on the opposite side of the harbour. It was unanimously resolved to memoralise the Government on the subject, calling attention to the danger resulting from the storing of large quantities of gunpowder in one place, and urging upon the authorities the importance of adopting every possible precaution far the prevention of accident at the Upnor magazines, where, it was stated, as much as 30,000 barrels of gunpowder were in store at a time. A triple suicide was committed the night before last at the house No. 58, Itue du Fabourg du Temple, by the concierge, his wife, and their daughter, a young woman, aged 24. The inhabitants of the house and the neighbours, seeing that the lodge remained closed at a much later hour than usual, forced an entrance , and found its three inmates all lying dead on the bed, hav i n g been suffocated by the fumes of charcoal from a lar g e brazier which was still burning. On the table lay a paper which was written, "We prefer death to dishonour." It appears that the unhappy man, having lost all his property some five years since, became co'ncierge of the house in question, but ill fortune still pursued the family, and being unable to meet a bill of exchange about to fall due, they resolved to destroy thetaselvee. i SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPAIN. MADRID, Oct. 12.—The journals state that if the Minister of Finance cannot effect any credit opera• tions on the conditions laid down by the Tote of the Cortes, he will wait for the deliberations of the new Chamber. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. Bank of England lteturn,•—This Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending un Wednesday, the 12th day cf Oct. 1864: ISSUE DEPAJITMENT. otes issued ....026,916,215 Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities 3.631,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 12,266 215 Silver Bullion .... X 26,916,245 £A,916,245, BANNING DEPARTMENT. Yi oprietors' Capi tal X 14.653.000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis mis sioners 01 N a tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 7.023,214 Other Deposits 13,206,313 Seven Day and other Bills Government Secu rities Sincluding Dead A eight A nnuity) £10,172,343 Other Securities 21,922,8.84 Notes Gold and Silver 740,048 Coin 557,014 C. 8,531,200 438,5:34,204 r. MILLER, Chief Cashier. Oct. 13, 1861. S PORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day, NEWMARKET RACES—This Der. • (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) £5O PLATE. Hippolyta Strafford Arkansas NEWMARKET OAKS. Fille de I'Air .. Breeze Six ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOUS. Antidote Lady Abbess Lemonade Eight ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 1 - 0 SOVS. Serenade colt .. 1 Mongrel Incision Eight ran, SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Antoinette Usher Land of the West £lOO HANDICAP PLATE, Wandering Minstrel Cathedral Mculsey .. e... 3 Eleven ran. MATCHES. Oldminster beat Barbadoes. Saffron beat Reserved filly. CITY BETTING.—TIIIS DAY. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 6 to 1 agst Gratitude (taken) 20 to 1 agst Accident (taken) 20 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken) 25 to 1 apt Mail Train (taken freely) to 1 agst Adventurer (taken) 33 to 1 agst Planet (taken) 50 to 1 agst Queen of Trumps (taken) FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE---This Day. NEWMARKET RACES—This DAY. BRETBY STAKES. White Duck ' K larinski 2 Convent Four ran. SWEEPSTAKES 300 SOVS. Bedminster Biondina LATEST BETTING, CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 100 to 15 agat Gratitude (taken) 100 to 8 agst Stockinger (taken) 100 to 7 agst Prince Plausible (taken) 100 to 7 agat Muczzia (taken) 100 to 7 agat Tattoo (taken) 103 to 6 aget Accident (taken) 100 to 6 Brick (taken) 20 to: 1 agst Sacchatometer (taken freely) 28 to 1 agat Mail Tarin (taken) 100 to 3 agst Bayard (taken) 100 to 3 agst Adventurer (taken) 103 to 3 aget Ackworth (taken) 40 to 1 aget Copenhagen taken) 50 to 1 agst King of Clubs (taken) Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market opens with a better feeling, and prices more steady. Sales probably 4 ; 000 or 5,000 bales, SHIPPING -THIS DAY, LONDON, Oct. 13.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. TROON, Oct. 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Ricardo, from Londonderry. CLYDE, Oct. 12.—Wind N.E.E.—Arrived—Howard, from Quebec. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 120—Wind N.B.—Arrived—Queen of the Sea, from Pomaron. SWANSEA, Oct. 12.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Anna Rears, or Buenos Ayres. PILL, Oct. 12.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Semiramis, from River Plate. PORTSMOTH, Oct. 12.—Wind N. W.—Arrived—Tier (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPII,) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrive 3, Oct. 12—Scawfell, from Whampoa—Enig heden, from Tonsberg—Alexander, from Riga—Agnar, from Belize—Wendelina Jacoba, from St Petersburg—Nar cissus, from Gale—Hercules, from Quebec. Arrived, Oct. 13.—Eliza Forbes, and Agneta, from Ar changel—Twelfth of May, from Nykiobing—Cheviot, from Madras—Transatlantic, from Sydney. Sailed, Oct. 12—Westmoreland, for Jamaica. Sailod, Oct. 13—Dorothy, for Madras--Rio Grande, for Jamaica—Reaper, for Fayal—Helena, steamer, for Dieppe. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Teaser, for Buenos Ayr:es--lieru,ione, for San, Francisco— Anne Catherine, for Cochin— all from London. Min, from Foo-chow•Foo, for London—Lord Collingwood, from Plymouth, for Newcastle—E. N. Stetson, from New York, for London (in tow). The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as and er :- IS6I. 1863. Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire... 37,300 34,074 Bristol and Exeter North-Eastern Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 79,322 17,807 Great Eastern These returns are generally of a very favourable character. On the Great Western there is an in. crease of 17,259 ; on the North Western of £9,955 ; on the South Western of £2,695; on the Brighton of £3,549; on the Midland of £6,147; on the South Eastern of £4,649; on the Great Northern of £4.529; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £3,226; on the Bristol and Exeter of £45; on the North Eastern of £4,136; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of .C 1,515 ; and on the Great Eastern of £1,677. THE NIGER EXPEDITION. — Her Majesty's abip Rattlesnake, Commodore A. P. E. Wilmot, C. 8., left Lagos, with the Investigator in tow, on the 26th, and arrived off the mouth of the Niger on the evening of the 28th. The final arrangements, such as coaling, provisioning, &c. being completed, the expedition crossed the bar and pro ceeded up the river at 1 p.m, to-day. The object of the exi pedition is to reach Rabba, to carry presents to King Masaba, to bring back Dr Bakie, and to tako up Lieutenant Dour oilier, 1t.M.L.1., who takes Dr Bakie's place for the next 12 months. The expedition is commanded by Lieutenant C. G. F. Knowles, R.N., and consists of Lieutenant H. S. Sandys, Second Master J. P. M'Ecven, Surgeon E. Hales, Assistant Surgeon It. Sweetman, and Assistant Paymaster. Melvin Maxwell. The expedition is also accompanied by Bishop Crowther and Mr itobins, an artist, who is trainl , ii.g Lir pleasure. all 100 (100 I 100 4 2 1 0 'lOO THE SUIN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENINGir s OCTOBER 13, 1864.